Group of 20

News about Group of 20, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Nov. 16, 2014

Russian Pres Vladimir V Putin of Russia joins world leaders for Group of 20 summit meeting in Brisbane, Australia, where he faces criticism over conflict in Ukraine. MORE

Nov. 15, 2014

President Obama, attending Group of 20 summit meeting in Brisbane, Australia, pledges $3 billion to new international fund to help world's poorest countries handle effects of climate change; announcement is on heels of joint commitment with China earlier in week to curb greenhouse gases over next decade. MORE

Oct. 31, 2013

Russia denies reports in the Italian news media and elsewhere that Russian spy agencies distributed special USB thumb drives doctored to let them eavesdrop on delegations attending Group of 20 summit meeting in St Petersburg. MORE

Sep. 7, 2013

Pres Obama emerges from the Group of 20 summit meeting with a few international supporters, but other leaders urge him not to attack Syria without United Nations backing; deep divisions at the summit raise stakes even further for Obama as he seeks authorization from Congress for an attack. MORE

Sep. 7, 2013

Editorial commends Group of 20 nations for committing to exchanging information automatically on tax matters by the end of 2015, calling it important step toward curbing tax avoidance; praises endorsement of plan to prevent multinational corporations from avoiding taxes through creative use of offshore accounts. MORE

Sep. 6, 2013

Group of 20 summit meeting in St Petersburg, Russia, is expected to enact sweeping new laws that would tighten rules on multinational companies that use subsidiaries to legally avoid paying taxes. MORE

Sep. 5, 2013

Pres Obama heads to Group of Twenty summit in Russia facing questions about his leadership and his policies at home and abroad; Obama's standing has suffered from turmoil over Syria and American spying, even though he can point to strengthening economy. MORE

Sep. 5, 2013

Europeans, divided over Syria, arrive at meeting of Group of 20 nations waiting for United States to take the lead on the conflict. MORE

Jul. 21, 2013

Top financial officials of the Group of 20 countries issue joint statement endorsing continued government spending to prime the global economy for a full recovery; statement suggests weight of policy consensus in large governments is shifting from austerity toward continued stimulus. MORE

Jul. 20, 2013

Group of 20 for the first time endorse blueprint to curb widely used tax avoidance strategies that allow some multinational corporations to pay only a pittance in income taxes; plan aims at corporations only and, if widely adopted, will shift some of the global tax burden away from small businesses and individuals. MORE

Feb. 17, 2013

Group of 20 finance ministers, in concerted move to quiet fears of a so-called currency war, express commitment to let market exchange rates determine the value of their currencies. MORE

Feb. 12, 2013

Treasury Under Secretary Lael Brainard says member nations of Group of 20 should have fiscal and monetary policies aimed at achieving domestic objectives and move toward market-determined exchange rates. MORE

Nov. 6, 2012

Group of Twenty finance officials meeting in Mexico City warn that efforts to deal with debt troubles in Europe and United States must be balanced with actions to spur global economy. MORE

Nov. 5, 2012

Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 meet in Mexico City amid mounting alarm that the euro-zone crisis and Washington’s failure to deal with soaring deficits could endanger the fragile global recovery; meeting, coming right before leadership transitions in the United States and China, is not expected to produce any major agreement. MORE

Jun. 23, 2012

Editorial welcomes decision by German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Group of 20 summit to accept a stimulus worth up to 130 billion euros to promote growth and jobs across the euro zone; argues that Merkel's softening on austerity-only policy is coming not a moment too soon. MORE

Jun. 20, 2012

Pres Obama and other world leaders at the Group of 20 meeting in the Baja region of Mexico make only modest headway in persuading German Chancellor Angela Merkel to drop her opposition to more government spending to alleviate Europe's debt crisis. MORE

Jun. 20, 2012

Russian Pres Vladimir V Putin, appearing at a news conference at the Group of 20 summit, responds to questions about Syria and trade, and comments on his plans to attend the Olympics in London. MORE

Jun. 20, 2012

Editorial questions whether leaders from the Group of 20 nations will be able to convince German Chancellor Angela Merkel to alter her stance of self-defeating austerity and piecemeal rescue plans in response to the euro-zone economic crisis; expresses hope that the discussions from the G-20 meeting in Mexico will provide a foundation and political cover for her to take bolder action. MORE

Jun. 18, 2012

News analysis; Pres Obama, who is struggling to deal with a daunting array of overseas issues while running for re-election, leaves for an international summit with Group of 20 leaders in Mexico; his efforts underscore the challenges many incumbents face trying to manage global affairs while arguing for a new term. MORE

Jun. 18, 2012

Leaders from the Group of 20 nations will gather for an international summit in Mexico, whose economy is growing faster than that of its more widely admired rival Brazil, spurred by rising exports during China's slowdown. MORE

May. 17, 2012

Independent review concludes that police officers illegally jailed people and escalated violence at protests surrounding the Group of 20 meeting in Toronto in 2010; report makes 42 recommendations, including a law requiring the police to disclose evidence of potential wrongdoing by officers. MORE

Feb. 27, 2012

Meeting of Group of 20 ministers wins a commitment from the European Union to review the size of its planned rescue fund to guard against global financial turmoil; many non-European G-20 countries think the fund needs to be larger and have pressed the EU to expand it. MORE

Nov. 5, 2011

Regulators for the Group of 20 named 29 banks so important that they require more capital and a wind-down plan that does not rely on taxpayers. MORE

Nov. 3, 2011

Group of 20 summit meeting is coming at dark time for Europe, with political disarray, its economy tipping into recession and future of euro zone in doubt; balance of power has shifted so quickly that Europe is asking China and other fast-growing developing countries for money; event host French Pres Nicolas Sarkozy and German chancellor Angela Merkel have become mired in Greek politics. MORE

Nov. 3, 2011

Editorial contends when Group of 20 leaders meet, they should agree on an agenda to boost growth; holds big countries with trade surpluses, like China, need to boost their consumption of world's goods; says others, like United States, should make growth a priority, while committing to wrestling down their deficits once their economies bounce back. MORE

Nov. 2, 2011

White House Memo; Pres Obama will travel to upcoming Group of 20 summit in France as the leader of a nation that no longer has the global responsibility or the burden it once did, silver lining in an era of waning American influence abroad. MORE

Oct. 16, 2011

European finance ministers say they have moved closer to comprehensive solution for debt crisis during two-day gathering of officials from Group of 20 industrial nations, despite unresolved problems that could still widen scope of crisis. MORE

Oct. 15, 2011

Group of 20 finance leaders, meeting in Paris to seek broader plan to prevent debt crisis from spreading to larger countries in Europe, confront another challenge as ratings agencies warn that globally interconnected banks in France and elsewhere face rising risks. MORE

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